Caliciales

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Caliciales
Shrub Stubble Lichen (2298099580).jpg
The shrub stubble lichen (Calicium adaequatum)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae
Order: Caliciales
Bessey (1907)
Families

Caliciaceae
Physciaceae

Caliciales is an order of mostly lichenized fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It consists of two families: Caliciaceae and Physciaceae, which together contain 54 genera and more than 1200 species.[1] The order was circumscribed by American botanist Charles Edwin Bessey in 1907.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
  2. ^ Bessey, C.E. (1907). "A Synopsis of Plant Phyla". University of Nebraska Studies. 7: 275–373 (see p. 299).


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